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Springtime Among Blue Bells

Springtime Among Blue Bells

Samuel Kazmer
Belgium, travel, National Park, Backcountry

In a beechwood forest the cups rose up and carpeted the ground in perennial blues.  Those fortunate enough can walk the dirt paths between this colored fleece alongside the highway.  Listening to the passing cars and semis, we crossed a bridge towards the columned rows of hardwoods, barren at ground level for their broad and domineering root structure.  Like the roots, trails etched lines in the forest floor and laid their own empty paths among the rare blanket of color.  It was almost a shame to waste the ground with space to walk.

Nunnery to Brewery

Nunnery to Brewery

Samuel Kazmer
Belgium, Brewery, Europe, travel

Our second stop, Brasserie C, brought us south for the day in the first place.  At the base of the Montagne de Bueren, next to the stairs running up towards the old citadel, we saw a sign to the left and up a narrow alley for the brewpub.  All the buildings looked and felt very old in this section of town, aptly referred to as Old Town.  We eventually found the entrance after circumnavigating the building and breached a doorway requiring a slight duck to avoid a bruise and headache.  We walked indoors to a dark, empty bar and met with Kerian, their Public Relations & Beer Tour representative.  The building, a nunnery in 1611 and an architectural museum in the 1960’s, began with solid ecclesiastical bones and consolidated much of Liege’s iconic furniture, paneling, doors, and fireplaces under one roof.